Shannon
Estenoz
Col. Al Pantano
Melissa Meeker
Dan Kimball
This panel will focus on bringing restoration to the heart of the
Everglades.
Panelists will discuss opportunities for collaboration of federal, state
and local partners to merge water quality, water quantity and greater
flow through the Central Everglades○ Presentation

John
Johnston
MERGANSER – An Empirical Model to Predict Fish and Loon Mercury in New
England Lakes

Ember
MorrisseyLinking
Organic Matter Breakdown to Abundance and Community Composition of
Denitrification and DNRA Microorganisms in Tidal Wetlands○ Presentation

Fred
ZaalSession
Summary and Conclusions

Eric
SundquistRapid
Assessment of Carbon Storage and Sequestration Capacity in U.S. Wetlands

Panel
Discussion

Paul
GagnonEffects
of Fire on River Cane (Arundinaria gigantea) in a Bottomland
Hardwood Forest Four Years After Burning○ Presentation

Etienne
Fluet-Chouinard
Development of a New High-Resolution Global Inundation Map○ Presentation

Discussion

Society of Wetland Scientists Professional Certification Program (SWSPCP)
- Information Session -
Attend this session to learn more about becoming a Certified Wetlands
Professional. Certification signifies that your academic and work
experience meet the standards expected of a practicing wetland
professional and provides acknowledgment to your peers of your adherence
to the professional ethics of the Society of Wetland Scientists
Professional Certification Program.

This panel will examine models of shared or network governance in
large-scale coastal restoration endeavors. What are the governing
structures or mechanisms of cross-jurisdictional, multi-issue
coordination and management? Who participates? How are decisions made?
How are actions coordinated?

Trainer:
Royal Gardner"Hired
Gun or Objective Scientist? Ethical Dilemmas for the Professional
Wetland Scientist, Consultant, and Regulator"
○ Presentation

Marisa
Sch÷nfeldtEffects
of Raised Temperature and Northward Species Migration on Experimental
Tidal Freshwater Marsh Communities from European and North American
Estuaries ○ Presentation

This
panel will begin with an examination of the interface of science and
decision making, with a particular focus on governance contexts and
decision processes, drawing on examples from the Great Lakes and the
Everglades.

Dialogue Among Panel 1 and Panel 2

The science panel is joined by participants from the governance panel
for a 45-minute facilitated dialogue on opportunities and challenges,
within contexts of coastal and wetland restoration, enhancement and
protection, of coordinating decisions across agencies, linking issues,
and generating information relevant to decision making.